Romancing Antiquity: German Critique of the Enlightenment from Weber to Habermas

by George E. McCarthy

Book Overview

In this unique and comprehensive book, George McCarthy examines the influence of Greek philosophy, literature, arts, and politics on the development of twentieth-century German social thought. McCarthy demonstrates that the classical spirit vitalized thinkers such as Weber, Heidegger, Freud, Marcuse, Arendt, Gadamer, and Habermas. With the romancing of antiquity, they transformed their understanding of the modern self, political community, and Enlightenment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847685292
• ISBN13: 9780847685295
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.